Display-fixture.



H. H. L YONS. DISPLAY FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZO, I914.

1,189,371. Patented July 4,1916

Mrenfor HERBERT H. EYoNs, 0E MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

DISPLAY-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

, Application filed May 20, 1914. Serial No. 839,807.

display fixtures, and the object is to provide a case adapted to displaya large number and variety of small articles in a very small space.

A further object is to provide a device so arranged that customers mayexamine the goods at their leisure, without it being necessary for theclerk to take each individual article from the case and hand it to thecustomer.

The device consists essentially of a framework having a plurality ofinclined drawers which may be drawn forward into horizontal position.The inclination and spacing of the drawers is such that practically theentire contents of every drawer is visible to a person standing in frontof the fixture. Each drawer is provided with means holding itagainstremoval from the case.

In the drawings which illustrate the invention:-Figure 1 is aperspective view of the device. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional viewshowing the arrangement of drawers and structure of the case. Fig. 3 isa view similar to Fig. 2 showing some slight alterations in structure.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 5 designates one of the endmembers of the frame or case, which is shaped as shown in the drawings.Between the ends of the case, a plurality of frames are arranged eachcomprising an inclined front piece 6 shaped to correspond with the frontedge of the end members, and a vertical back member 7. Inclined drawerslides 8 are se-v cured on opposite sides of the members 6 and 7extending from the front to the back of the case, as clearly shown.Similar slides 8 are of course secured to the inner surface of the endmembers. A number of longitudinal strips 9 are provided at the lower orfront ends of the drawer slides 8. These strips form checks and preventthe drawers from running down on the slides by the force of gravity.Each of the drawers 10 is provided at its rear corners with small hooks0r brackets 11, which engage under with handles 18.

the drawer slides and act as pivots permit- J ting the front of eachdrawer to be raised, but holding the back down on the slides. Stops 12are provided on the slides and are positioned to engage the brackets 11and check forward movement of the drawer when the same has reached ahorizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2. The lower part of the case maybe provided with a drawer 13 of the usual type, while at the top of thecase a suitable top 14 may be provided. The back 15 of the case may beformed either of stationary channels or of doors, which may be opened toenable the removal of any or-all drawers.

While it is preferred to arrange the drawers at different angles, asshown in Fig. 2, so as to give a better view of the contents, thedrawers may be arranged in parallel relation, as shown in Fig. 3. Inthis figure, a number of slight modifications are shown, one of whichresides in the shaping of the front frame members 6, which permits thestrips 9 to be continuous from end to end of the case, and attached tothe edges of the frame and end members by screws or the like. In thisfigure, each of the drawers 10 is shown provided with a hinged cover 16which may be of glass, so as to permit the inspection of the goods, butat the same time protect them from dust. are preferably provided withhandles or knobs 17 to permit easy opening, and for the same reason thedrawers are provided The drawers shown iii Fig. 2 may also be providedwith handles, but this is not so necessary, as the edge of the drawermay be grasped owing to the absence of doors. Another slightmodification resides in the use of slots 19 in the drawer slides inwhich the brackets 11 engage. This arrangement eliminates the Thesedoors 16- stops 12 as the front end of the slots will i cles may betaken out of the case for exami-- nation without shifting the drawers,but other articles can be removed by the customers on the withdrawal ofthe drawers. The drawers are opened by first raising and then pullingforward the front part of the drawer slides on the upper edge of thestrip 9, while the rear, part moves on the slides 8. The brackets 11engaging under the slides keep the drawer which is fulcrumed over thestrip 9 from dropping out if the greater weight is in front of thefulcrum point, and also check the forward movement of the drawer when itreaches a horizontal position, that is to say, when sufficientlywithdrawn to completely expose the contents.

This case enables a number of customers to examine and select goodsthemselves, so that a single clerk can attend to several customersatonce, practically his only duties being to parcel the selected goodsand receive payment therefor. In this way, a large number of customersmay be served much more expeditiously and by a fewer number of clerksthan heretofore possible. The varying angular disposition of the drawersranging from the lower drawer, which is nearly horizontal, to thetopmost drawer which is nearly vertical, displays the goods in a planesubstantially perpendicular to the line of vision, so that a customercan-locate the goods he wishes to examine at a glance.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim 1s:

In a display fixture, a framework, a plurality of inclined guidesextending down- Wardly from back to front of the case, transverse'members at the lower or forward ends of said guides projecting abovethe plane of the guides, trays slidably mounted on the guides andnormally held against forward and downward movement by said transversemembers, brackets at the rear corners of said trays pivotally andslidably connecting the. trays with the guides wherei S. R. W. ALLEN,

G. M. MORELAND.

